HOUSE BILL No. 5324


     February 8, 2000, Introduced by Reps. Vear, Rocca, Sheltrown, Richner, Van Woerkom, Bishop, Bovin and Birkholz and
referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology.


        A bill to amend 1991 PA 179, entitled

   "Michigan telecommunications act,"

   by amending section 505 (MCL 484.2505), as added by 1998 PA 260.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 505.  (1) An end user of a telecommunications provider

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      shall not be switched to another provider without the authoriza-

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      tion of the end user.

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           (2) The commission shall issue orders to ensure that an end

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      user of a telecommunications provider is not switched to another

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      provider without the end user's  oral authorization,  written

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      confirmation  , confirmation through an independent third party,

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      or other verification procedures subject to commission approval, 

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      confirming the end user's intent to make a switch and that the

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      end user has approved the specific details of the switch.  The

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      order issued under this section shall require that all providers


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      comply with the regulations established by the federal

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      communications commission on verification procedures for the

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      switching of an end user's telecommunications provider.

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           (3) As used in this section and section 506:

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           (a) "End user" means the retail subscriber of a telecommuni-

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      cations service.

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           (b) "Telecommunications provider" or "provider" means a

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      person that provides 1 or more telecommunications services for

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      compensation.  Telecommunications provider does not include a

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      provider of commercial mobile service as defined in section

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      332(d)(1)  or  OF part I of title III of the communications act

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      of 1934, chapter 652, 96 Stat. 1096, 47 U.S.C. 332.
































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